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Number to Know
16: The federal government shut down for 16 days last month during failed budget negotiations and a fight over the Affordable Care Act.

This Day in History
Nov. 14, 1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.